improve help text for tell command etc

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Richard Frith-Macdonald 2018-05-09 09:47:39 +01:00
parent 3b29353dd8
commit 877df191fb

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@ -895,7 +895,7 @@ static NSString* cmdWord(NSArray* a, unsigned int pos)
@"Flush\tHost\tList\tMemory\tOn\t"
@"Password\tRepeat\tQuit\tSet\tStatus\tTell\tUnset\n\n"
@"Type 'help' followed by a command word for details.\n"
@"Use 'tell xxx help' to get help for a specific process.\n"
@"Use 'tell xxx help' to get help for a specific client.\n"
@"A command line consists of a sequence of words, "
@"the first of which is the command to be executed. "
@"A word can be a simple sequence of non-space characters, "
@ -966,8 +966,10 @@ static NSString* cmdWord(NSArray* a, unsigned int pos)
else if (comp(wd, @"Connect") >= 0)
{
m = @"Connect name\nInstructs the Control server that "
@"commands from your console should go to servers "
@"commands from your console should go to clients "
@"whose names match the value you give.\n"
@"eg. 'connect foo' is equivalent to prefixing "
@"subsequent commands with 'tell foo'\n'"
@"To remove this association, you will need to type "
@"the command 'control connect'\n'";
}
@ -982,6 +984,8 @@ static NSString* cmdWord(NSArray* a, unsigned int pos)
m = @"Host name\nInstructs the Control server that "
@"commands from your console should go to the host "
@"whose names match the value you give.\n"
@"eg. 'host xxx' is equivalent to prefixing "
@"subsequent commands with 'on xxx'\n'"
@"To remove this association, you will need to type "
@"the command 'control host'\n'";
}
@ -1052,8 +1056,17 @@ static NSString* cmdWord(NSArray* a, unsigned int pos)
else if (comp(wd, @"Tell") >= 0)
{
m = @"Tell 'name' 'command'\n"
@"Sends the command to the named client.\n"
@"eg. 'tell myserver help'.\n";
@"Sends the command to the named client on the host "
@"specified by 'host' or 'on', or by default on the "
@"same host as the Control server.\n"
@"eg. 'tell myserver help'.\n"
@"Use 'all' as a special case to send a command to "
@"all clients on the host.\n"
@"Use an integer value to send a command to the "
@"client listed at that position on the host.\n"
@"Otherwise, the command is sent to any client "
@"whose name matches the text entered.\n "
@"A 'tell' to a non-existent client is ignored.\n";
}
else if (comp(wd, @"UnSet") >= 0)
{